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Theo jumps off of the balcony, to the small patio below. Barely anything scares him, not anymore. He can do parkour after all. There's a couple things, Lillian Stark, and his father. It get's a bit warmer as the sun rises. He leaps from the building to the low roof in front of him. He tries to control his thoughts, about Angel- Lillian, and where his mother's at. She was the smartest at Osiris, and created most of the weapons they use today. Then he had heard his mother and father fight, the last thing he remembered her saying was, "You are pulling us into this darkness, come on we must leave. Think about Theodore, your son-"

There was a loud slap, his mother started crying, and Theodore hasn't seen her sense.

"What should I do?"  Resonates through his mind. He's seen as a traitor, and has dodged multiple attempts on kidnapping him.

***

Lillian walks through the dull-lit alley with her hood up. She sighs as the sun peaks up from behind the trees. For one thing, she has way more coverage at night. And, the world knows that she is alive now. It's one thing being worried about her like her family is, but it's letting the horrible organizations know that a powerful weapon is alive. Control. Control. Control.

She sees a small girl, with a boy huddling against her ribs for warmth. 

"Hey kid." She greets.

The girl doesn't speak, Lily pulls out a pack of gummies, and bread from last night. It's not a lot, Lillian doesn't get enough to eat herself.

The girl bows her head in gratitude. She speaks slow broken English, with a Russian accent, "You-u are an angel."

Lillian smiles, at the starry eyed girl, laughing and smiling at the meager gesture that she just made. 

***

Theo looks around the corner, smiling at Lillian as she hands Anya food.

Lillian looks his way and spots him, he quickly turns a corner. Planning to make four right turns so he'll end up at Anya and Mikael.

***

Lily use to be so clumsy, loud, and carefree.

If there's one thing she's learned- it's stealth.

She adjusts her baseball cap, throwing her hood up. Lily keeps an eye on the tall, dark curly boy, making turns trying to trick her.

The question is, Why is he following her? 

He turns for a third turn, no one else is around. Lily quickly runs up behind him pinning Theo up against the dark alley wall.

Lily stands up on her tip toes, carefully whispering in his ear, "Why are you following me?"

Theo whispers through his clenched teeth, "I wasn't."

"I think you're lying." Lillian says as she eases off of Theo. He stretches out, Lily had one hand pinned between his shoulder blades.

Lily studies Theo's body language, they communicate more than any spoken one. Theo studies the small girl in front of him. She is way more without the alien bonded to her, it's just made her a bit more stronger.

"I was trying to give Anya and Mikael the food I steal. Like I do everyday." Theo admits while looking away.

"Oh, sorry." Lilly apologizes.

Theo smiles, "Do you want to go somewhere?"